New 'Inside IIHS' web video explores how broadcast-quality crash test footage is produced

ARLINGTON, Va. — To record what happens in a crash — an event that unfolds in a fraction of a second — IIHS uses sophisticated high-speed cameras combined with a custom-designed lighting system. A new web video explores what it takes to produce the high-quality, slow-motion footage needed to learn exactly what happened in a crash test and to communicate those findings to the media and the public.

"Inside IIHS: Crash test photography" takes viewers on a tour of the process, explaining how crash tests are recorded from a variety of angles, both outside and onboard the vehicle. It also shows the studio where post-crash photos of the vehicle are taken and the post-production room, where the broadcast-quality footage is edited.

The video is available on the IIHS YouTube channel and is part of the "Inside IIHS" series. Previous installments have focused on crash test dummies, crash test prep, the propulsion system used to power the tests and other topics.

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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
is an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated
to reducing the losses — deaths, injuries and property damage — from crashes on
the nation's roads.

The Highway Loss Data Institute shares and supports this mission through scientific
studies of insurance data representing the human and economic losses resulting from
the ownership and operation of different types of vehicles and by publishing insurance
loss results by vehicle make and model.